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Earth Day was born in 1970 in the US, at the peak of an awakening in environmental awareness that led to the Clean Air Act and a flurry of effective legislative responses to an ecological crisis. 45 years on the challenge of our survival as a specie calls us to act with urgency in responding […] (More...)

Sharing a message from Cynthia Sumagaysay- Del Rosario who is currently part of the struggle to protect the Philippine province of Palawan from DMCI Holdings’ proposed coal plant project. Dear friends, If you have already been to Palawan, you know that it is one special place. Aside from being voted as “the best island in the world” […] (More...)

[Press release] Johannesburg: Fossil fuel divestment campaigners today celebrated news that Nedbank intends to divest from the coal-fired Kelvin Power Station near Johannesburg. The bank has been the target of the Fossil Free Africa campaign which is calling for South African banks to disclose their fossil fuel investments and ultimately stop investing in future coal and oil (More...)

Early morning drives are magical. Clear blue skies, light cool breeze, singing birds – it makes you wake up and celebrate what beautiful mother earth has given us in such abundance. But, as we head out for the day trip to old colonial-style mining town of Springs, it made me feel anxious and apprehensive. I (More...)

NEWCASTLE, 17 October 2014 — Thirty Pacific Climate Warriors [2] were joined by hundreds of Australians to peacefully blockade the world’s largest coal port in Newcastle today and called on the country to stop

Coal is the leading source contributing to pollution and climate change in the world; it currently accounts for one-third of all CO2 emissions into the atmosphere. Coal’s contamination seriously affects the quality of our health, wildlife and environment. It has

European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has to follow the example of other large international investment organizations and stop lending for dirty energy projects. Around 17,000 signatures with such demand were handed over to the bank’s representatives today during

Shenzhen Energy Group, a Chinese company has proposed to build a 700 MW coal powered plant to the government of Ghana. The Ministry of Energy in Ghana which has welcomed this build with much enthusiasm. Ghana Youth Environmental Movement together… (More...)